Nov 30, 2022 EU: Part 2 of Circular Economy Package published By Bolko Ehlgen Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Lisa Bauer +1 more... Show less Following up on its first package that has been released in March (read more in our blog post), the EU Commission published its second...
Nov 30, 2022 EU: Acceleration of deployment of renewable energy By Julia Voskoboinikova During COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen said that the European Union...
Nov 30, 2022 COP27 – A just transition: viewpoint from Southeast Asia By Gilly Hutchinson As has been well documented in the press over this month, a major focus at this COP27 was on the divide between the developed and...
Nov 30, 2022 The Hong Kong Stock Exchange publishes analysis of corporate ESG disclosure practices By Gilly Hutchinson Terri Poon On 25 November 2022, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) published its 2022 Analysis of ESG Practice Disclosure (the...
Nov 29, 2022 EU: Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes supplementary report on TSC for other four environmental objectives under Taxonomy Regulation By Sara Feijao Background The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) is advising the European Commission on the technical screening criteria (TSC) for...
Nov 29, 2022 COP27 - A just transition: viewpoint from South Africa By Paula-Ann Novotny We have now entered the realm of a new sustainable development agenda, known as "climate resilient development". The United Nations’...
Nov 28, 2022 COP27 and the Middle East: key takeaways By Deepika Sriram With COP27 in Egypt this year and the UAE set to host COP28 next year, the Middle East’s climate credentials were in the spotlight. In...
Nov 24, 2022 What does COP27 mean for the United States? By Menaka Nayar Seemingly every other day of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (“COP27,” which...
Nov 24, 2022 Under starter’s orders: the race to sustainability By Linklaters ESG Team In this SportingLinks blog post we consider key takeaways from British horseracing’s summary report and recommendations for the industry...
Nov 23, 2022 COP27 - recording of our webinar By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova On 22 November 2022, we hosted a webinar where a panel of experts from our offices and alliance firms around the globe in Africa, Middle...
Nov 23, 2022 European Parliament adopts EU Directive for more women on boards By Jennifer Granado Aranzana “More women on boards make companies more resilient, more innovative and will help to change top-down structures in the workplace,”...
Nov 23, 2022 COP27: Week 2 recap and key takeaways By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson After two weeks of negotiations and complaints from the outside world on the absence of progress, COP27, which ran into Sunday morning,...
Nov 23, 2022 COP27: carbon market / Article 6 rules - key takeaways By Kerry Liebenberg As was anticipated, COP27 did not make any great strides when it comes to the carbon markets (aka the “Article 6” rules). At COP26 last...
Nov 22, 2022 UK Autumn Statement 2022 – Electricity Generator Levy By Albert Yu Gitanjali Shankar Will Morton As confirmed in the 2022 UK Autumn Statement, the UK Government will be introducing the electricity generator levy (formerly known as the...
Nov 21, 2022 China further encourages foreign investment in green sectors by publishing new encouraged industry catalogue By Amy Ding Simonette Santos Gilly Hutchinson Jianbin Wang +1 more... Show less On 28 October 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) of China published...
Nov 18, 2022 ESMA consults on developing Guidelines on funds’ names with ESG or sustainability-related terms By Raza Naeem Ngoc-Hong Ma Silke Bernard Dr Frederik Winter Benjamin Maconick Premlata Fagan Victoria Hickman Stephen Clipsham +5 more... Show less The name of a fund is usually the first fund attribute investors see, and while investors are expected to look beyond the name itself,...